Trump's orders curbing birthright citizenship now face a fresh court challenge, months after the Supreme Court backed broad birthright protections in June. Separately, New Jersey's attorney general is investigating three detainee deaths at a privately run detention centre in Newark.
Temporary Protected Status is a US designation that lets nationals of countries affected by disaster or crisis remain and work legally in the United States for a limited, renewable period; when the designation ends, holders lose that protection and become removable. Haitians have been among the larger groups covered by it, with a substantial community concentrated in Miami's Little Haiti. Separately, people seeking asylum in the US have ordinarily passed through an interview with an immigration officer before their case reached an immigration judge, a step that also determined how long they could lawfully stay while waiting. The current US administration has been moving on both tracks, revising asylum procedure and withdrawing protected status, which is what ties these otherwise distinct measures into a single deportation drive.
Trump's executive orders limiting birthright citizenship and birth tourism face a fresh legal challenge, months after the Supreme Court ruled in June in favour of broad birthright citizenship protections. New Jersey's attorney general opened an investigation on Friday into possible civil rights violations at the GEO Group-run Delaney Hall detention centre in Newark after three detainees died.
The US Department of Homeland Security has stripped Temporary Protected Status from Haitians, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of arrest and removal, the Guardian reported on Friday. DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin said 'We're going after them right now', despite the threat of violence in Haiti.
President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Friday restricting nationality rights for babies born in the United States to foreign parents, despite an adverse Supreme Court decision. El País reports the measure is likely to be challenged in court.
Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday to limit birthright citizenship, following a defeat at the Supreme Court on the issue, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Global Times and The Hindu reported. The Guardian wrote that the orders are the latest step in a campaign Trump has pursued for more than a decade against the constitutional right.
Officials appointed under President Donald Trump have tripled the monthly number of judicial deportation orders, pushing removals to record levels, Bloomberg and Breitbart reported on Wednesday. Breitbart writes that the increase will let officials exceed their recent deportation records over the next few months.
The US government introduced a rule under which asylum claims go directly to judges without a prior interview with an immigration officer, which Le Monde reports shortens the time applicants may remain in the country. After Washington ended Temporary Protected Status, thousands of Haitians in Miami's Little Haiti face deportation while contending with fear of raids and mortgage foreclosures, El País reports.